From: klaberte AT trc DOT tellabs DOT com (Ken Laberteaux) Subject: Re: suggested mount tables? 25 Nov 1998 11:41:49 -0800 Message-ID: <365B40B2.B3CB84B8.cygnus.gnu-win32@trc.tellabs.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Vince Rice Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com What do you do with c:\cygnus\cygwin-b20\include? Thanks for your helpful post. Ken Vince Rice wrote: > > Let me say at the outset I'm a Unix user, not administrator. > I'm sure there will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth from this, > but here's what I did, since I find the standard Cygnus directory > structure imcomprehensible . My solution involves moving some > directories around, which simplifies the mounting issue. > > First, I eliminate the cygwin-b20 directory entirely -- I don't > plan on keeping multiple versions on my PC (if you do, just keep > that directory level; everything else stays the same). All > original directories below are relative to cygwin-b20. H-i586 and > i586 refer to the looooong directory names that start with those > respective strings (since I don't have them anymore, I don't > remember what they are ). > > Original New > bin usr/local/bin > share usr/local/share > i586/bin 1 > H-i586/i586/include usr/include > H-i586/i586/lib usr/lib > H-i586/bin usr/bin > H-i586/lib usr/local/lib > H-i586/etc usr/etc 2 > H-i586/libexec usr/libexec 3 > > 1. I'm not sure where these go on a "standard" Unix box (if there > is such a thing ). In AIX, which isn't necessarily what you want > to emulate, these programs are in /usr/css/bin. > 2. I've heard differing opinions on whether this should be /etc or > /usr/etc. I have termcap in both places to cover my bases . > 3. Not sure what these programs are or what they're for, so I don't > know where to put them. > > My mount points then become: > Device Directory Type Flags > G:\temp /tmp native text!=binary > C: /c native text!=binary > G:\cygnus / native text!=binary > > If you choose to keep the cygwin-b20 layer, then the / mount > point would be g:\cygnus\cygwin-b20. > > This keeps the mount points to a minumum; by putting the > directories in the above places, the entire /usr tree falls > naturally into place, without having to have several mount > points. It only takes a few seconds in Explorer to do the > moves, and from that point forward I haven't had any trouble. > > Hopefully this will generate lots of discussion, even if it's > lambasting my setup -- I have yet to see any documentation on > how to map the bizarre Cygnus structure to something approaching > Unix normalcy. > > Vince > > Ken Laberteaux wrote: > > > I just downloaded cygnus b20. Any suggestion on mount tables? Should I > > make a /usr/local? Which /bin should I use? Any other suggestions are > > most welcomed. > > > > Ken > > > > - > > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > > "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". > > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".